British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party.
Sunak’s decision to leave early was met with dismay within his Conservative Party, which is trailing far behind the Labour Party in opinion polls and facing the prospect of a huge defeat on July 4.
Labour Leader Keir Starmer also attended the D-Day 80th anniversary events in northern France on Thursday and was seen talking to world leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“After the conclusion of the British event in Normandy, I returned back to the U.K.,” Sunak said in a post on X. “On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay in France longer — and I apologize.”
It absolutely doesn’t surprise me, but it is kinda funny to see him shoot himself in the foot like that. This was easy to not fuck up, but he managed to fuck it up.
Tbh you see similar stupidity coming from a variety of right-wing leaders all over the world. It’s like they just can’t keep their foot out of their mouth, so try and shove a whole leg in for good measure.